Middle of the Map reveals 2013 Film Fest lineup

In 2008 it had been 6 years since Kathryn Bigelow had directed a movie and longer since she directed anything memorable. The Hurt Locker cemented her as a director that not only made strong films, but extremely relevant ones. With Zero Dark Thirty she has made something that is familiar in it’s treatment of current […]

Zero Dark Thirty Review

I’m a little late on this but I’ve been busy. No I haven’t that was a lie. Actually I’ve just been watching too many movies. Honestly. I vow to see more movies in 2013 than I did in 2012 and I am starting the year on a roll. Here are some movies that I would […]

Nathan’s Top 10/Bottom 10 of 2012

If you thought Supernatural teen adventure books-to-film were ending with Harry Potter and Twilight, you thought wrong. There’s a whole slue of adaptations in the works and the next one focuses on a magical girl and an ordinary boy. “Beautiful Creatures” is due out February 13, 2013 and tells the story of ordinary local boy Ethan (Alder Ehrenreich) and new-to-town Lena (Alice Englert). Lena possesses a powerful magic that will either turn her light or dark.

Poor Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax.” The guy just wants to save some trees, but it seems like thneeds aren’t his only threat. The new film adaptation paints a fun, colorful homage to the original novel, but is that enough for the film to succeed with all the sell-out and liberal agenda criticisms that have been thrown at it before the film even saw its release? I hope so. So as the Lorax speaks in defense of the trees, I wish to speak in defense of the Lorax. The Lorax movie poster

The poster for Silent House premiered today on Bloody Disgusting. If the image of the poster is any indication of the terror to be experience on film, count us in. If you haven’t already check out the trailer here. Midcoast StationMore Posts – Website Follow Me:

Silent House Poster Premiere

Now that the nominees for the major award shows have been announced, Midcoast Station writer and frequent film reviewer, Nathan, takes a look back at 2011 in film and shares his best, worst and in-betweens:

2011 in Film

Spielberg loves to make epic and ambitious movies; and for a movie whose central and only consistent character is a horse named Joey, “War Horse” is definitely an ambitious project. But in its fight to be epic, Spielberg falls prey to the same thing that made “A.I.” such a flop…pacing. Just like “War Horse,” “A.I” was an ambitious project. It was an interesting idea with some spectacular visuals, but it was also long, tedious and incredibly dull. “War Horse” fares a bit better, but at 2.5 hours, there was definitely a lot that could have been cut from this movie to help keep things moving along.

‘War Horse’ fights to be epic, but is slow to find footing

If you couldn’t guess from the title of this film or from the little girl yelling “”We bought a Zooooooooooo!” in the oft played trailer, “We Bought a Zoo” is about a family that buys a zoo. It’s a bit sappy, fairly predictable and some of the dialogue is downright cheesy, but if you’re a fan of the saccharine then this film is right up your alley. “We Bought a Zoo” is a cute family film and is even a bit of a tearjerker.

‘We Bought a Zoo’ is a saccharine family movie

Many sequels don’t work. What works in the first movie is something weird and wonderful and unique, and then they just try to make the same movie again and the magic is gone (The Hangover 2). While varying in degrees of quality the Mission Impossible franchise has not suffered from the disease of stale like […]

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Review

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Yellowcard’s fans hugged each other close and not just because it was unseasonably chilly for a Texas “autumn.” Tonight, everyone at Austin’s Historic Scoot Inn was inching closer to their friends and fan-family as they celebrated the bittersweet ending of an era.

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Ladies and gents, this is the family-friendly musical show you’ve been waiting for. “The Greatest Showman” might not be the greatest movie on earth, but it’s a passionate, colorful and fun musical spectacular. “The Greatest Showman” tells a story based on the real life of the great circus showman PT Barnum. Here we see his […]

‘The Great Showman’ dazzles in family-friendly original movie musical

From the first striking image of an apartment submerged in water accompanied with a whimsical, whistling tune and a mention of a princess and a monster, “The Shape of Water” definitely digs its foundation in fairytale territory. And it is indeed a fairy tale with a promised princess, a monster and a small ragtag supporting […]